Investment Recommendation: I Bonds and T-Bills One of the best investments is Treasury Direct I Bonds. I Bonds’ interest rates are determined by the rate of inflation. I Bonds can be purchased directly from the Treasury Department without a middle man, brokerage, or bank. There is no risk of losing your principle investment. They are […]
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Investments / Savings / Asset Allocation Update
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Economic Update: Inflation, Interest Rates, AI, Consumer Spending, Climate Change, and Fiscal Policy
by Daniel Brouse February 3, 2023 This article is about the economic conditions up to 2023 and a forecast for the foreseeable future. It helps to understand fiscal and monetary polices prior to reading the following. In 2022 and 2023, the Federal Reserve raised their interest rates charged to other banks 4.75 percent in an […]
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Also tagged Federal Reserve, inflation, interest rates, real estate
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The Economic Costs of COVID Re-openings
The mortality rate for COIVD is between 7-8% in PA. (* The actual mortality rate is closer to 14%) It has been since the pandemic started, and still is. An estimated additional 15% of the recovered have permanent disabilities. What is the cost of life and health on the economy? The benefit-cost analysis of a […]
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Also tagged #StayAtHome, COVID-19, Economics
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The Economic Monsters: Inflation and Interest Rates
Economist Economic Forecast = Inflation (2018) Inflation Bites (2022) U.S. Mass Consumption Results in Global Economic Disparity, Inequity, and Poverty (2023) Investment Recommendation: Savings Bonds / I Bonds (2023) Your National Debt (2023) Economic Facts on Immigration, Budget Deficits and Inflation (2024) The Federal Reserve and the Chevron Decision (2024) Drill, Baby, Drill: The Existential […]
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Also tagged currency exchange rate, debt, Federal Reserve Balanace Sheet, hyper-inflation, inflation, interest rates, investments, real estate, tariffs, trade protectionism, Trump, wages
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The Cost Of Living
The cost of living has just gone up another dollar a quart. — W.C. Fields
Bitcoins
Bitcoin is a virtual currency that is open source P2P money. According to the Bitcom website: “Bitcoin uses peer-to-peer technology to operate with no central authority or banks; managing transactions and the issuing of bitcoins is carried out collectively by the network. Bitcoin is open-source; its design is public, nobody owns or controls Bitcoin and […]
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Why Don’t Christian’s Celebrate Hanukkah?
Q: Why don’t Christians celebrate Hanukkah? A: There is no good reason. Christians believe exactly the same as Jews up to the point in time known as Christmas, the birth of Christ and God manifesting herself as a human; however, zealous and/or ignorant Christians have tried to separate themselves from their tradition. The reasons for […]
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Also tagged celebration, Christians, Christmas, descrimination, Hanukkah, Hebrew, hypocrites, Jews, Lilith, Mary Magdalene, power, Religion
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Who Is to Blame for the Financial Crisis?
A friend wrote: Three years ago, the US had one of the most horrific financial crises in history caused by a massive fraud. Not a single financial executive is in jail… helllloooooooo!!! I replied: Correction… those who committed crimes on the business side, such as, Bernie Maddof, are in jail for a very, very long […]
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Also tagged America, Bernie Maddof, busines, debts, fail, financial crisis, fraud, The Lord's Prayer, USA
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Market Economics
Slavery never went away. It just evolved into more efficient slavery: wage servitude. Men As Beasts of Burden
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Also tagged compassion, economy, gilded age, monopoly, poverty, tyranny
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